State-Level Estimates of Felon Disenfranchisement in the United States, 2010
Publication year:
2012
| Cataloged on:
Sep. 07, 2012
ANNOTATION: “The United States is one of the world’s strictest nations when it comes to denying the right to vote to citizens convicted of crimes. A remarkable 5.85 million Americans are forbidden to vote because of “felon disenfranchisement,” or laws restricting voting rights for those convicted of felony-level crimes … [The authors’] goal is to provide statistics that will help contextualize and anticipate the potential effects of felon disenfranchisement on elections in November 2012” (p. 1). Sections of this report include: key findings; state disenfranchisement law; methodology; disenfranchisement rates in 2010—variation across states, variation over time, and variation by race; recent changes; disenfranchisement and restoration of civil rights; and summary. While 1 in 40 people out of the total U.S. voting population are disenfranchised, 1 out of every 13 African-American voters is disenfranchised.
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